The boy was pronounced dead on arrival at the Palestine Medical Centre.

Al-Ram, in the occupied West Bank, is cut off from Jerusalem by the “separation wall” built by Israel.

According to Maan, clashes intensified following reports of the boy’s death, and Palestinian youths attacked Israeli soldiers at a base close to al-Ram.

The incident is the latest in a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence. Since October, 217 Palestinians and 34 Israelis have been killed in attacks and clashes. Many of the Palestinians have died while carrying out or attempting to carry out attacks on Israelis, while others were shot dead during protests or were killed in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip.